Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Rio Grande

Accepted Answer

The Rio Grande, known as Río Bravo in Me

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Zachary Taylor

Accepted Answer

Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of

Question 3

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was by

Accepted Answer

A)  John Tyler. 
B)  James K. Polk. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D)  John L. O'Sullivan. 
E)  Mark Twain. 
A)  John Tyler. 
B)  James K. Polk. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D)  John L. O'Sullivan. 
E)  Mark Twain.

Question 4

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A)Bear Flag revolt,(B)Slidell mission rejected,(C)declaration of war on Mexico,and (D)American troops ordered to the Rio Grande Valley.

Accepted Answer

A)  B, D, C, A 
B)  A, C, B, D 
C)  D, B, A, C 
D)  C, A, D, B 
E)  A, D, C, B 
A)  B, D, C, A 
B)  A, C, B, D 
C)  D, B, A, C 
D)  C, A, D, B 
E)  A, D, C, B

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-David Wilmot

Accepted Answer

David Wilmot was a U.S. politician, a me

Question 6

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States stayed neutral in word and action. 
B)  the United States imprisoned several American violators of neutrality. 
C)  America was unlawfully invaded by the British. 
D)  Canada warned the United States to stay out of the conflict. 
E)  the U.S. government plotted to annex Canada. 
A)  the United States stayed neutral in word and action. 
B)  the United States imprisoned several American violators of neutrality. 
C)  America was unlawfully invaded by the British. 
D)  Canada warned the United States to stay out of the conflict. 
E)  the U.S. government plotted to annex Canada.

Question 7

Compare and contrast President Polk's willingness to go to war against Mexico over Texas but not against Britain over Oregon.

Accepted Answer

President Polk's willingness to go to wa

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Oregon fever

Accepted Answer

Oregon fever refers to the enthusiasm an

Question 9

One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was

Accepted Answer

A)  the support of the Hudson's Bay Company. 
B)  their belief that the territory was not worth fighting over. 
C)  John Tyler's election to the presidency. 
D)  America's acceptance of 54◦ 40'. 
E)  their better ability to defend British Columbia. 
A)  the support of the Hudson's Bay Company. 
B)  their belief that the territory was not worth fighting over. 
C)  John Tyler's election to the presidency. 
D)  America's acceptance of 54◦ 40'. 
E)  their better ability to defend British Columbia.

Question 10

The Mexican War resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  a one-third increase in the territorial size of the United States. 
B)  combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War. 
C)  increased respect for American military and naval capabilities. 
D)  friendlier relations between the United States and Latin American nations. 
E)  deepened sectional tensions over slavery. 
A)  a one-third increase in the territorial size of the United States. 
B)  combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War. 
C)  increased respect for American military and naval capabilities. 
D)  friendlier relations between the United States and Latin American nations. 
E)  deepened sectional tensions over slavery.

Question 11

In the 1840s,the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called

Accepted Answer

A)  continentalism. 
B)  isolationism. 
C)  anglophobia. 
D)  Divine Mandate. 
E)  Manifest Destiny. 
A)  continentalism. 
B)  isolationism. 
C)  anglophobia. 
D)  Divine Mandate. 
E)  Manifest Destiny.

Question 12

The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between the

Accepted Answer

A)  forty-second parallel and the Columbia River. 
B)  Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound. 
C)  36◦ 30' line and the Columbia River. 
D)  forty-ninth parallel and the 54◦ 40' line. 
E)  Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean. 
A)  forty-second parallel and the Columbia River. 
B)  Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound. 
C)  36◦ 30' line and the Columbia River. 
D)  forty-ninth parallel and the 54◦ 40' line. 
E)  Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.

Question 13

Britain was interested in developments in the Republic of Texas because

Accepted Answer

A)  an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States. 
B)  Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry. 
C)  Texas threatened British influence in Central America and northern South America. 
D)  British abolitionists were pleased that the Republic of Texas had outlawed slavery. 
E)  the British navy wanted bases at Galveston and Corpus Christi. 
A)  an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States. 
B)  Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry. 
C)  Texas threatened British influence in Central America and northern South America. 
D)  British abolitionists were pleased that the Republic of Texas had outlawed slavery. 
E)  the British navy wanted bases at Galveston and Corpus Christi.

Question 14

When northwesterners questioned why all of Texas was annexed but not all of Oregon,the reply was

Accepted Answer

A)  Oregon was far more expensive. 
B)  Oregon land was less desirable than that of Texas. 
C)  Polk and his supporters in the Senate were far more interested in Texas as a bulwark for slavery. 
D)  Great Britain was a far more powerful nation than Mexico. 
E)  None of these 
A)  Oregon was far more expensive. 
B)  Oregon land was less desirable than that of Texas. 
C)  Polk and his supporters in the Senate were far more interested in Texas as a bulwark for slavery. 
D)  Great Britain was a far more powerful nation than Mexico. 
E)  None of these

Question 15

One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation

Accepted Answer

A)  could involve the country in a series of ruinous wars in America and Europe. 
B)  might give more power to the supporters of slavery. 
C)  was not supported by the people of Texas. 
D)  offered little political or economic value to America. 
E)  would lead to tensions and possible war with the British. 
A)  could involve the country in a series of ruinous wars in America and Europe. 
B)  might give more power to the supporters of slavery. 
C)  was not supported by the people of Texas. 
D)  offered little political or economic value to America. 
E)  would lead to tensions and possible war with the British.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Manifest Destiny

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny is a term that was coin

Question 17

Given the great enthusiasm for territorial expansion,why did the "all of Mexico" movement fail?

Accepted Answer

The "all of Mexico" movement failed for

Question 18

The Wilmot Proviso,introduced into Congress during the Mexican War,declared that

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States. 
B)  slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States. 
C)  the United States should annex all of Mexico. 
D)  the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war. 
E)  slavery in the territories would be determined by popular sovereignty. 
A)  Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States. 
B)  slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States. 
C)  the United States should annex all of Mexico. 
D)  the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war. 
E)  slavery in the territories would be determined by popular sovereignty.

Question 19

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. 
B)  a joint resolution rather than a treaty. 
C)  a presidential order by Andrew Jackson. 
D)  the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 
E)  a compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time. 
A)  Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. 
B)  a joint resolution rather than a treaty. 
C)  a presidential order by Andrew Jackson. 
D)  the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 
E)  a compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hudson's Bay Company

Accepted Answer

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) is a hist

Exam 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Rio Grande

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Zachary Taylor

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was by

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A)Bear Flag revolt,(B)Slidell mission rejected,(C)declaration of war on Mexico,and (D)American troops ordered to the Rio Grande Valley.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -David Wilmot

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

Compare and contrast President Polk's willingness to go to war against Mexico over Texas but not against Britain over Oregon.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Oregon fever

One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was

The Mexican War resulted in

In the 1840s,the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called

The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between the

Britain was interested in developments in the Republic of Texas because

When northwesterners questioned why all of Texas was annexed but not all of Oregon,the reply was

One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Manifest Destiny

Given the great enthusiasm for territorial expansion,why did the "all of Mexico" movement fail?

The Wilmot Proviso,introduced into Congress during the Mexican War,declared that

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hudson's Bay Company

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy,1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

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